After MI's eight-wicket loss to CSK, former CSK batter Ambati Rayudu criticised MI skipper Hardik Pandya, saying he should acknowledge his drop in form. "[Hardik needs] to...rotate strike a little more, get off strike, choose and pick your moments and bowlers and be smart about it rather than be arrogant about it," he said. Hardik scored 18(23) against CSK.